as in compatible
not having or showing any apparent conflict
the clothes you wear to work must be consistent with the company's dress code
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Recent Examples of consistent
What's changing with Gemini on Android Currently, the official email and support pages aren't providing consistent information on Gemini's true behavior regarding this change and how to disable it.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Just consistent, valuable presence in the right places.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
The recycling process eliminates the need to separate the fibers from each other — a consistent hurdle in the textile-to-textile recycling space.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
While the mustachioed plumber and his brother became the face of the brand, Donkey Kong appears more sporadically — wavering occasionally between a hero and villain — and doesn’t even have a consistent lore.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Just consistent, valuable presence in the right places.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
The recycling process eliminates the need to separate the fibers from each other — a consistent hurdle in the textile-to-textile recycling space.
—Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
While the mustachioed plumber and his brother became the face of the brand, Donkey Kong appears more sporadically — wavering occasionally between a hero and villain — and doesn’t even have a consistent lore.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistent
Adjective
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The city plans to purchase properties in the area and demolish those that aren’t compatible with the airport or manufacturing sites, like single-family homes.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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Depending on the drone and compatibility, the drone needs to be paired with either the DJI Goggles 3 or the DJI Goggles N3 for the DJI RC Motion 3 to be compatible.—
James Abbott,
Space.com,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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China remains a far cry from having the sort of labor unions and collective bargaining that are taken for granted elsewhere, but, as Steinfeld correctly argues, Chinese labor practices are moving away from their revolutionary roots and are increasingly consonant with Western standards.—
Simon Tay,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2010
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Where the republic’s hypocrisy fed its fatal weakness, corruption, the Taliban’s unabashed brutality was consonant with the movement’s strength, its unity.—
Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak,
New York Times,
22 May 2024
Adjective
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The master plan provides a coherent countywide path forward that can achieve economies of scale for managing our solid waste and better serve the health and well-being of our communities.—
Linda Thompson Gonzalez,
Sun Sentinel,
20 July 2025
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In short, as with many pressing questions related to tariff policy, there is no coherent and unbiased economic consensus.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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“Consistent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistent. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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